Dark Green Marooned Again, 25-16

It was one of those games where it seemed like every ball Green hit found a Maroon glove at just the right place, and every Maroon hit was just off Greens' gloves. Bottom line was Maroon played great defense, and Green didn't, and Maroon got the key hits and Green didn't. The result, 25-16 sounded closer than it was in the end.

There were some highlights for Dark Green. Howard Davis fielded a hard grounder at third base with the bases loaded, and stepped on the bag and fired a bullet home for a double play, keeping Maroons marooned on first and second, and preventing a five run inning early.

Shel Perham threw out a guy going to second on a 'single' to the outfield in the fourth. Leo made a couple of running catches in right center to rob the power hitters of gappers. Robert Douza made a great stop on a hard grounder up the middle and stepped on second for a force.

A number of Dark Green hitters were 3-4: Leo Kay, Jeff Olsen, Perham, Dick Stanley, John Banker, and Jeff Kravin. But the hitting star was Bill Jeha; even though he was only 2-4, he hit a three run home run and a two run triple to lead the team with five RBIs.

If we see Maroon in the playoffs, we will have to go back to the drawing board to figure out a way to counter the Steve Rousso defense.